Damrey reached land at 4am (local time) with winds gusting at up to 90 kilometres per hour that damaged more than 40,000 homes, knocked down hundreds of electricity poles and uprooted trees.

The communist state's search and rescue committee said 22 people are missing after the storm, while 626 houses had been collapsed entirely. More than 33,000 people had been evacuated.

The storm made landfall near the city of Nha Trang, which is about 500 kilometres south of the coastal city of Danang, where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is taking place next week.

Danang itself also suffered. A gateway proclaiming "Welcome to Danang" collapsed in the storm, state media said.

Authorities in the area called on citizens to volunteer to help clean up.

The city will host US President Donald Trump from November 10 as well as China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and counterparts from other APEC members.

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